bụi hồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

bụi +‎ hồng. Calque of Chinese 紅塵 / 红尘 (hồng trần, literally “red dust”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuj˧˨ʔ həwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuj˨˩ʔ həwŋ͡m˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓuj˨˩˨ həwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

bụi hồng

  1. (archaic, literary) red dust
  2. (figurative) this world; vanity of vanities
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